If you get a qualifying score in the line area you want, for example CL-Clerical, then you can get the job you want – provided that job is available and you meet other qualification factors.

However, you should keep in mind that the Army is the only service that looks at line scores and offers a guaranteed job to each new recruit. The other branches of the military offer some combination of guaranteed job or guaranteed aptitude/career area.

Here is more information by branch of the military:

Air Force

The Air Force creates four composite score areas from the individual ASVAB subtests and uses those as the qualifications for various jobs. The four composite areas, which the Air Force refers to as MAGE, are:

The Navy and the Coast Guard do not use line scores. To determine job qualification, they use direct ASVAB subtest standard scores. This means if a job requires a General Science (GS), Auto & Shop (AS) and Mathematics Knowledge (MK) score of 80, the total of your scores on each of these subtests from the ASVAB would have to be 80 or above.